this is good yummy good
and it is right at the tail end of the north west
'money money' tour.
You know your good
when the main highlight :an over sized PITB
is just a tiny part of a very hot show.
For my $ i really like the Ship of Fools, WRS>China Doll
to close first set.
Was driving around while they were lighting this one up
on the XM
but like i was saying
the entire show is bigger than a drive in movie
for real.
"I see your face printed on my money"
"She says, money honey"

What a killer show! I can agree that Donna has some ear curdling shrieks in a few songs, but it is far from her worst. The Deal on here is fantastic, as well as one of the best WRS I’ve ever heard. The boys take you on a sonic journey with a far, far gone PITB and bring you back to earth with a great U.S. Blue to Big River (incorrectly titled as Around and Around). Pay close attention to Kieth because he is red hot on this show. A good ol’ Grateful Dead show if I’ve ever heard one.

Well I’m very happy to tap into this splendid show. Love everything so far on this 46th! Anniversary. WRS is very nice, and let’s just say I can’t wait to get to the Playin after reading below. God bless the Grateful Dead!

Exellent! The mix is a little off in the early going but then it gets straitened out. Exellent sounding.

"Sick," "Unreal" ... this show is, as Captain Trips would say, FAR OUT MAN! FARRR OUT! The most epic Playin', period. I found it perfect accompaniment for data entry and heavy-duty brain work. It's too bad that Donna has to rip your ears to shreds as bookends to the Playin', but she's okay on the other cuts. Still a 5-star. Get your CD ripper SoundForgin' GarageBand Protools out for this one, you'll not be disappointed 'cuz every tune is a winner.

phil is up in the mix and going crazy on eyes.

Great, great show. Donna's voice gets a little annoying, but it's not bad. She's good on a few tracks.

This is playing on Sirius Grateful Dead channel right now...thank God for Sirius.

Whenever you see any of the following names as contributors of music on this site, just start downloading!!!!

JIM POWELL
TIM BULLER
GORDON SHARPLESS
CHARLIE MILLER

YOU GUYS ARE ON TOP OF YOUR GAME!!! MANY, MANY GRATEFUL THANKS TO YOU FELLOWS FOR YOUR COMMITMENT!
PEACE
SG

OK, I wrote a review for the show a few days prior to this on how Donna really screwed around with Scarlet Begonias. She is doing it again, but she is improving. I really do love her addition in the latter part of her career, but I can see why she made it hard on some songs.

Sound quality is fine, I'm not a huge fan of the set though.

Remember folks, the Playin' In The Band is 46 minutes long!!!

nice mix of this show. You usually have a hard time hearing Keith in most shows and after hearing this one, I begin to wonder why. Excellent show, on my 6th birthday nonetheless. The Playing is out of this world. Long live the Grateful Dead.

Great Playin...
Nice levels thruout
Phenom show...dripping w/ lysergic acid diethylamide

UW in the spring...far out - worthy of a visit.

Remember, Donna s*cks on her best night...please dont judge a show by her schrill...
she beget Keith -- who IS 100000% worthy...

Thank you, Jerr Bear
Thank you, Philbert
Bill,
Mhart,
Bobby,
Keith
(Pig)
(Brent)
Thnak you, Boyz!!

Thank you, Archive.org

...this show is great.

wharf rat is off the chain...absolutely mindbending jerry soul. SOF too.

some sound issues early on but it gets worked out.

strong statement about playing better than 73-74 DS, but I hear ya, the Playin in this Playin jumps off the page, You have to (if you havent' yet) listen to the 3/26/73 WRS into wharfrat jam, or the 6/22/73 BirdSong, they both give any Dark Star a run for it's money. Worth remembering the roots of Playin's creamy center, found in the Main Ten Jam, well before the country tune showed up, and very much a structured yet open vehicle for ideas, not so different from DS.

around n round is big river and it is jamming into a smokin eyes with a 46 min playin whats too lose.a++ on the sound and show

The first chunk of Playin' has Jerry and Phil sparring in a duel, one ascending while the other lays back, then the other descending. After that it gets weird. But it's NOT space.

It hangs together, naturally flowing and twisting, gradually morphing from one mood to another. Phil gets into some feedback, Jerry sounds like he's getting into 12-tone serialism a la Schoenberg or Webern for a while. And Bill is great here, sounding like he just came from Chick Corea's Return to Forever or John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra of the same time period.

This may be blasphemy to some, but I think that this Playin' is better than a lot of the Dark Stars of the previous two years. This is one of the Dead's best musical (non-space) explorations. We're lucky to have a recording of it.

A dynamite Wharf Rat, too.

Its 45 mins - but at some points it sounds like when Spinal Tap was in their fusion stage doing experimental stuff more than the boys (I have listened to 400 shows here I can say stuff like that in case anyone objects). Show is very high quality both musically and soundwise. Hot '74 eyes... Listen to Phil just tear it up....

and this is an outstanding show. Better than I remember it. Maybe that's because my girlfriend was bored by Playin'. Well, she's allowed to be wrong and I married her anyway.

I love the way you can hear the crowd cheering as the band gets ready to finish Playin'(on the audience recording).

Keith is mixed up nicely. Usually you don't hear much piano.

What's listed as Around & Around is actually Big River. Missing from this download are Stella Blue and Around. You can find them (from an audience source) on either of the other two listings from this date.

the playin must be heard for any fans of 74'. At just the moment when i thought it was getting dull, oh i dont know, 30 min in or so, Phil comes in lays this solid little groove that was just perfect. the next 10 min is the Dead in prime form. Impressive. I like this better than 6-18 Grow>Other One. Archive KILLZ YO. PEACE FROM COMPTON BOIEE.

A 46 Minute Playin' in the Band?

I must be hearing things!!

i want to barbeque with you, dr.flashback!!!

Sometimes in the course of human events.....the Dead create a jam that is so outstanding and unique - that it nearly defies description. I would feel compelled to make an exception and give this show a 5 based on Playin alone. But the rest of the show stands just as strong and doesn't need any charity. Jerry delivers great versions of Roses, Scarlet and Ship of Fools. And the Let it Grow is no slouch. But only a hint of what's to come. The Dead never played a 45 minute Playin before or since. What inspired them,who knows? But it's a joy to behold. A little weird at times,but it shows that by 74, the Dead could hold their own with Return to Forever, Weather Report, etc. when it came to jazz fusion. If you like Miles and Coletrane, you'll like this version. The great Eyes>Wharf Rat is almost an afterthought. You listen to this show and realize what a genius we lost with Jerry's passing. Heavily recommended!
Dr. Flashback ;-)

I've had this on a Maxell cassette for some time. On my tape, Playing In The Band takes up all of side A. The jam builds to two or three different, highly dissonant crescendos. Unless you are a fan of serious atonality, this performance will test you. But as is often the case, The Grateful Dead reward the faithful listener. It is a remarkable, unforgettable musical journey. Bravo!